• Infectious disease specialist, Hurley Medical Center, Flint, Mich.
• Faculty, Hurley Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency Program, Flint, Mich.
• Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Flint, Mich.

Education

• Fellowship in infectious disease: Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Ind.
• Internal medicine residency: Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Ill.
• Internship: Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Ill.
• Medical school: Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Certifications

• American Board of Infectious Disease
• Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine
• SHEA training course in Healthcare epidemiology

Professional memberships

• Infectious Diseases Society of America
• Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

Research

Ongoing projects:

• Clinical Characteristics of Hospitalized Patients Diagnosed with SARS-COV-2 in Central Michigan - resident research project
• Hospital Antibiotic Prescribing Practices in a Large Tertiary Health Center: Rates by Provider’s Gender,
  Specialty and Years of Practice
• Association of Low Vitamin D Levels with Risk of Bacterial Pneumonia - resident research project
• Improving Pneumococcal Vaccination Status in HMC Adult clinic – resident QI project
• Burden of Death Associated with COVID-19 Infection During the Spring 2020, Winter 2020-2021 and
  subsequent waves in Flint, Mich.
• Impact of Built Environmental Variables on COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality in Flint, Mich.

Recent publications:

1. Tanveer F, Younas M, et al. Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus Meningoencephalitis in a Renal
   Transplant Recipient Following Exposure to Mice. Transplant Infectious Disease Oct 2018.
   doi.org/10.1111/tid.13013
2. Tanveer F, Younas M, et al. Chronic progressive disseminated histoplasmosis in a renal transplant
   recipient. Medical Mycology Case Reports 2019. doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2018.12.006
3. Younas M, Royer J, Weissman SB, et al. Burden of community-associated Clostridioides difficile
   infection in southeastern United States: a population-based study. Infection. 2020;48(1):129-132.
   doi:10.1007/s15010-019-01368-5
4. Winders H, Royer J, Younas M, et al. Temporal Trends in Ambulatory Antibiotic Prescription Rates in
   South Carolina: Impact of Age, Gender, and Resident Location. Infection Control & Hospital
   Epidemiology, https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.70
5. Younas M, Royer J, Weissman SB, et al. Clostridioides difficile Infection and Antibiotic Prescription
   Rates in the Community: Explaining the Gender Gap. Submitted to Journal of Infection Control and
   Hospital Epidemiology- accepted.
6. Petty LA, Vaughn VM, Malani A, Osterholzer D, Younas M, et al. Impact of 2019 ATS/IDSA Guidelines on Duration of Antibiotics for Pneumonia. IDWeek 2022; Washington DC, USA.
7. Valerie M. Vaughn MD, MSc, Ashwin Gupta, MD, Lindsay Petty MD, Anurag Malani MD, Danielle Osterholzer MD, Payal Patel MD, Mariam Younas, MD, Steven J. Bernstein, MD, MPH, David Ratz, Elizabeth McLaughlin MS, RN, Tawny Czilok MHI, BSN, RN, Jennifer K. Horowitz MA, Scott Flanders MD, Tejal N Gandhi MD. Reducing Unnecessary Antibiotic Treatment for Asymptomatic Bacteriuria: A Statewide Collaborative Quality Initiative. SHEA Featured Oral Abstract. IDWeek 2022; Washington DC, USA.
8. Younas M, Royer J, Weissman SB, et al. Clostridioides difficile Infection and Antibiotic Prescription Rates in the Community: Explaining the Gender Gap [published online ahead of print, 2020 Nov 26]. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020;1-3. doi:10.1017/ice.2020.1268
9. Younas M, Royer J, Winder H, et al. Temporal Association between Influenza Vaccination Coverage and Ambulatory Antibiotic Use in Children. [published online ahead of print, 2022 Apr 1]. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2022;10.1097/INF.0000000000003533. doi:10.1097/INF.0000000000003533
10. Mahgoub AE, Awuah D, Hussain M, Deliwala S, Bachuwa G, Younas M. Development of Venous Thromboembolism After COVID-19 mRNA-1273 Vaccine Inoculation. Cureus. 2022;14(2):e22179. Published 2022 Feb 13. doi:10.7759/cureus.22179

Recent abstracts and publications as PI/first author:

1. Younas M, Dillon W, Sharma M, et al. Coronavirus Respiratory Tract Infections: Evaluation of Patient
   Characteristics, Seasonal Variation and Co-infection Rates with Other Respiratory Viruses. ASM Microbe
   2017; New Orleans, LA, USA.
2. Younas M, Royer J, Weissman S, et al. Burden of Clostridium difficile Infection in South Carolina:
   A Population-Based Study. IDWeek 2018; San Francisco, CA, USA.
3. Younas M, Royer J, Rac H, et al. Clostridium difficile infection and antibiotic prescription rates in the
   community: explaining the gender gap. IDWeek 2018; San Francisco, CA, USA.
4. Younas M, Fife K, William J, et al. Mycoplasma genitalium: A Concordance Study in heterosexual
   partnerships at risk for chlamydial infection. IDWeek 2018; San Francisco, CA, USA.
5. Younas M, Royer J, Rac H, et al. Ambulatory Antibiotic Prescribing Practices in South Carolina: Rates
   by Gender and Resident’s Location. SHEA Spring 2019; Boston, MA, USA. Top Poster Abstract award
6. Plante J, Younas M, Royer J, et al. Temporal Trends of Ambulatory Antimicrobial Prescription Rates
   in South Carolina. ASM Microbe 2019; San Francisco, CA, USA. Oral and Poster presentation
7. Bouchard J, Alhasan M, Bookstaver B, Royer J, Rac H, Younas M, et al. Impact of FDA Drug Safety
   Alerts on Ambulatory Fluoroquinolone Prescription Rates in South Carolina. ASM Microbe 2019; San
   Francisco, CA, USA.
8. Younas M, Royer J, et al. Association between Influenza Vaccination Coverage and Ambulatory
   Antibiotic Prescription Rates in Children in South Carolina. IDWeek 2019;
   Washington DC, USA
9. Younas M, Royer J, Weissman SB, et al. Burden of community-associated Clostridioides difficile
   infection in southeastern United States: a population-based study. Infection. 2020;48(1):129-132.
   doi:10.1007/s15010-019-01368-5
10. Winders H, Royer J, Younas M, et al. Temporal Trends in Ambulatory Antibiotic Prescription Rates in
    South Carolina: Impact of Age, Gender, and Resident Location. Infection Control & Hospital
    Epidemiology. 2020;41(8):879-882. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.70
11. Younas M, Royer J, Weissman SB, et al. Clostridioides difficile Infection and Antibiotic Prescription
    Rates in the Community: Explaining the Gender Gap [published online ahead of print, 2020 Nov 26].
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020;1-3. doi:10.1017/ice.2020.1268
12. Younas M, Osterholzer D, et al. Predictors of Mortality of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Flint, Michigan
    Residents: Effect of Age, Gender, Smoking and Health Plan. SHEA Spring 2021 April 13-16 virtual
    platform.
13. Younas M, Rios-Bedoya C, et al. Use of Laboratory Parameters as Predictors Of Mortality Of SARSCoV-2 Infection In Mid-Michigan Residents. WORLD MICROBE FORUM 2021 June 21-24 virtual platform.
14. Younas M, Osterholzer D, et al. Clinical Characteristics of Hospitalized Patients Diagnosed With
    SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Mid-Michigan. WORLD MICROBE FORUM 2021 June 21-24 virtual platform.
15. Younas M, Osterholzer D, et al. Monoclonal Antibody Therapy for COVID-19 Infection in Michigan:
    The Flint Experience. Presented at IDWeek 2021. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Volume 8, Issue Supplement_1, November 2021, Pages S376–S377, https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/o...
16. Younas M, et al. Burden of Death Associated with SARS-CoV-2 Infection during the Pandemic in Flint, Michigan (MI): Mortality Trends over the 2-year time period. IDWeek 2022; Washington DC, USA.
17. Younas M, et al. COVID-19 Therapeutics: Real-World Experience in Flint, Michigan (MI). IDWeek 2022; Washington DC, USA.

Hobbies & Interests

When Dr. Younas is not working, she likes to spend time with family and friends, especially her three children.